Valve Tightens Steam Build Submission Rules as Reviews Stretch Toward 12 Business Days
Valve updated Steam's pre-release build checklist after submission volume pushed review waits as long as 12 business days against a 3-5 day target, Automaton…
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Nexus Mods Mandates AI Disclosure and Adds a Filter, but Won’t Ban AI Mods
Nexus Mods is requiring creators to disclose generative AI use, adding a visitor filter to hide those mods, and giving existing authors 60 days…
itch.io Adds a No-AI Search Filter After Deleting ‘a Couple Terabytes’ of Generative Slop
Indie storefront itch.io has added a No-AI checkbox to search results and says it deleted a couple of terabytes of generative-AI spam after daily…
Cyberpunk Shop Sim Probably Stolen Sells 500,000 Copies in Two Days and Breaks Into Steam’s Top 12
Probably Stolen, the cyberpunk shopkeeping sim from Questing Goose Studio and tinyBuild, sold half a million copies in its first two days on Steam…
Yacht Club Says Mina the Hollower Bought It Stability ‘For Now’ as Most of the Team Moves to a 3D Game
In a Reddit AMA, Yacht Club Games said Mina the Hollower gave the studio financial stability 'for now,' confirmed most of the team is…
Soulframe Opens to Every PC Player on Nov. 6 Ahead of a Major Overhaul With Rideable Wolves
After years of invite-only playtests, Digital Extremes is opening Soulframe to all PC players on Nov. 6, with the Verse of the Veilands update…
Chronicles: Medieval Studio Raw Power Games Says Its Funding Is Gone and It Is at ‘Real Risk of Closing’
Raw Power Games, the Copenhagen studio behind the Tom Hardy-narrated sandbox Chronicles: Medieval, says its funding is no longer in place and it may…
Sony Picks Up Mouthwashing Movie Rights, With Yellowjackets’ Karyn Kusama Directing
Sony Pictures has picked up the film rights to Wrong Organ's indie horror game Mouthwashing, with Karyn Kusama set to direct a Screen Gems…
No Man’s Sky’s Forsaken Update Adds Biomechanical Corvette Parts as the Game Launches on iPhone and iPad
No Man's Sky's free Forsaken update adds mysterious traders, biomechanical corvette modules and seamless warping to visible stars, launching the same day the game…
Nintendo Indie World October 2026 Recap: Witchbrook Dated, Demos Live and Everything Announced
Nintendo's Oct 28 Indie World dated Witchbrook for Jan 28, 2027, put Sword of the Sea on Switch 2 Oct 29, and dropped four…